Health care worker contact with MERS patient, Saudi Arabia

To investigate potential transmission of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) to health care workers in a hospital, we serologically tested hospital contacts of the index case-patient in Saudi Arabia, 4 months after his death. None of the 48 contacts showed evidence of MERS-CoV in...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2014-12, Vol.20 (12), p.2148-2151
Hauptverfasser:	Hall, Aron J, Tokars, Jerome I, Badreddine, Samar A, Saad, Ziad Bin, Furukawa, Elaine, Al Masri, Malak, Haynes, Lia M, Gerber, Susan I, Kuhar, David T, Miao, Congrong, Trivedi, Suvang U, Pallansch, Mark A, Hajjeh, Rana, Memish, Ziad A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult contact investigation coronavirus Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology Coronavirus Infections - transmission Cross Infection Dispatch Female Health aspects Health care industry Health Care Worker Contact with MERS Patient, Saudi Arabia Health Personnel healthcare Humans infection control International economic relations Male Medical personnel MERS Middle Aged Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus viruses Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	To investigate potential transmission of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) to health care workers in a hospital, we serologically tested hospital contacts of the index case-patient in Saudi Arabia, 4 months after his death. None of the 48 contacts showed evidence of MERS-CoV infection.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid2012.141211